Railway-rail fastener.



P.`RUGGERI.

RAILWAY RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILEDJUNE 2e. 191s.

1,292,079. Patented Jan. 21,1919.

31a/vento z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PIETRO RUGGERI, F VARNA, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-RAIL FASTENER.

Application filed J une 28, 1918.

.To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PIETRO RUGGERI, a citizen of Italy, residing atVarna, in the county of Marshall, State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Fasteners; and I d0hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, suc-h as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements Yin railway railfasteners.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improveddevice of this character whereby the rail can be effectively held inproper position on the tie without danger of spreading or creeping.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved device for fasteningrails to the ties without the use of spikes or bolts.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion l of a rail andtie showing my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rail with the invention applied andthe tie being shown in fragmentary section.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. et is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring particularly to the accompany- `ing drawing, 10 represents aport-ion of a tie and 11 a portion of the rail which i's secured thereonby means of my improved rail fastener.

Disposed on the end portion of the upper face of the tie, and extending`longitudinally beneath the base of the rail, is a inet-al plate 12, thesame being formed with the rail base engaging lip 13 at one end, and asecond similar lip 14 adjacent the other en d. This second lip, however,is spaced a d1stance from the adjacent edge of the rail base and hasformed at one end the 1nwardly projecting lug 15. The inner face of thelip 14 inclines toward the end which carries the said lug, and betweenthe `hp and the adjacent edge of the rail base there is slipped a wedgekey bar 16. One of the edges of the wedge key is beveled, as at 17 theaccompanying Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented an. 21, 1919.

Serial No. 242,410.

to fit the general inclination of the face of the lip 1l. The oppositeface of the key is formed with a. longitudinal groove 17 which receivesthe adjacent edge of the rail base, as clearly seen in Fig. 3, of thedrawing. In the beveled face of the key there is formed a longitudinallyextending recess 18, and disposed in this recess is a leaf spring 19which 'bears against the inner face of a block 20, seated within saidrecess. The outer face of this block is formed with a series of ratchetteeth 21 which are adapted to engage with the before-mentioned lug 15,when the key bar is slipped between the lip 14 and the edge of the railbase. One end of the block 20 is pivotally secured in the recess bymeans of the pin 22, as seen in the drawing, this end being remote fromthe end which engages with the lug 15.

When the wedge key bar becomes loose by wear, the same may be drivenfarther into the space |between the lip and the rail base, whereupon oneor another of the next succeeding teeth of the block will engage withthe iiig 15.

There is thus produced a device whereby the rail can be effectively andfirmly Secured to the tie without the use of fishplates, or spikes.

Then it is desired to remove the rail from the fastening, it is onlynecessary to press the free end of the block inwardly, against thetension of the spring, and tap on the smaller end of the wedge key todrive the same out. The rail can then be easily lifted up from the plate12.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A rail fastening cured to the face of the tie and' supporting therail thereon, said plate having a lip engaging one edge of the rail baseand a second lip spaced from the other edge of the rail base, saidsecond lip being inclined longitudinally with respect to the edge of therail base, a wedge key disposed between the last-named lip and the railbase and having a longitudinal groove receiving said rail base edge, anda spring pressed block having teeth for engagement with said lip andcarried by the Wedge key.

2. In a rail fastening, the combination with a plate having an inclinedlip and supporting a ra'il base adjacent thereto, a lug formed atone endof the inner face of said lip, a, wedge key disposed against the edge ofthe rail base and having a' groove in said lng, said block beingrpivotally 'connected to the Wedge at one end. `10

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

PIETRO RUGGERI. lllitnesses GEORGE J. MEmErs, RALPH D. MCCULLOCH.

